In this webinar led by Clique Studios, attendees will further develop their accessibility knowledge by learning the basics of managing an accessible website. This includes gathering institutional support, selecting vendors that can ensure accessibility, onboarding other team members to accessibility, content entry, and monitoring accessibility over time.

Join Fen Slattery, the Accessibility Lead at Clique Studios, to learn the basics of modern web accessibility, including motivations for creating an accessible website, how those of us with disabilities use the web, models of disability, and legal compliance. This event is a great fit for government and non-profit sector employees, and broadly applies to anyone doing digital work. No prior accessibility experience is required.

Calling All Crows creates campaigns that harness the power of music to address pressing social issues and to create long-term systemic change. We are building a feminist and just music industry by training artists, venues, and fans in sexual violence prevention and inclusion practices. With more than 15 years of education, service, advocacy, and fundraising, we’ve become a recognized partner and pipeline for social movement building.

Queer Capita is a 501(c)3 non-profit diversity development organization for LGBTQ+ professionals in the music industry. With over 450+ members employed at over 150+ companies, QueerCapita is a national DEI organization. The non-profit produces development workshops, resources, and events that shape the music industry into a space where LGBTQ+ professionals can thrive.

The Disability & Intersectionality Summit (DIS) is a biennial national conference that centers the multiple oppressions that shape the lived experiences of disabled individuals, as told by disabled people, in a setting organized by disabled activists. Access should be a collective responsibility, and DIS provides a list of basic access suggestion as a place to start.

SafeBar Alliance provides education and bystander intervention training to participating bars and drinking establishments, and strengthens relationships that prioritize community safety. Its goal is to keep both bar staff and patrons safer from predatory behavior, harassment, and sexual assault.

Location: Kansas, remote trainings available

The Kennedy Center offers numerous resources related to the Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD®) program, including tipsheets, books, videos, and webinars. The LEAD program focuses on expanding the breadth and scope of accessible cultural arts programming.

Part of the VSA International Network, the Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD®) program focuses on expanding the breadth and scope of accessible cultural arts programming. The LEAD Conference not only introduces those new to the field to cultural accessibility solutions, but also provides ongoing learning, support, camaraderie, and motivation—necessary fuel for anyone working to change the status quo.

AMEE unites organizations to identify and implement actions that address diversity, equity, and inclusivity in music education in Denver in a collective, transformational, measurable, and sustainable manner.

Location: Denver, CO

Patrons, performers, and employees alike experience obstacles to participating in live music. This accessibility panel, put on by NIVA’s DEI Taskforce, explores those obstacles (and their solutions) with industry experts. Hear some powerful stories and learn ways, big and small, to make accessibility a reality for all.

As a part of their Equity, Diversity & Inclusion work, Denver Arts & Venues presents a video series on integrating anti-racism into your organizational structure. Dwinita Mosby Tyler of the Equity Project and Tariana Navas-Nieves of Denver Arts & Venues discuss the necessary work organizations must commit to in order to be anti-racist, with a focus on tactical and actionable steps.

A free online resource for powerful, effective LGBTQ awareness and ally training workshops. Provides an entire curriculum around creating safe spaces for people of all sexualities and gender identities. Can’t afford a DEI educator? The Safe Zone Project gives you all the resources you need to facilitate these activities yourself.

A collective of bartenders, FOH staff, BOH staff, DJs, club promoters, bouncers, patrons, business owners, rape crisis advocates, and service providers invested in building safer, more positive and engaging experiences for everyone by changing the way we address sexual violence within our communities.

Location: New York City, NY